InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sengoku Jidai University ❯ Freshman Fall 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Freshman Fall Part 2

 

Kaede was, to say the least, rather shocked when Inuyasha pounded on her door, let himself in and plopped onto one of the large, old cushy chairs across from her desk. He didn't waste any time either as her jaw hung half unhinged as a result of his sudden presence.

“Find me a room, wench,” he demanded, still as arrogant as ever. Kaede picked up the cheap phone and pushed a speed dial button.

“Yes?” Inuyasha could hear from the headset.

“Could you come here when you have a free moment? It's rather urgent.”

“Coming,” was the monotone reply. Damn phones for disguising voices. He wasn't sure who it was.

“Welcome back, Inuyasha. I assume you want to pick right up where you left off?”

“I've been gone, what, a few weeks? Or did I miss a whole semester?”

“Inuyasha, don't you notice something?” she asked, looking at him with a deadpan, annoyed face.

“You cut your hair?”

“Several times…..for the last several decades! You've been sealed for years, Inuyasha, not weeks or just a semester. Some of the professors you had don't even teach here anymore.”

“Score! I won't have to make up that damn Genealogy test. Myoga still here?”

“Of course,” she retorted. “We couldn't get rid of him if we wanted to. As long as your family is here, he will remain, you know that.”

“Then tell the old fart he's my advisor again and sign me up for some new classes.”

Kaede gave a sigh and pulled out her rather old computer.

“Didn't you have that before I was sealed?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“And you say I've been gone for years?”

“Yes.”

A long pause followed.

“Is that thing even internet capable?”

“Nope.”

“Then why do you still have it?” he asked.

“Because, according to our president, “It still works”. Running her arthritic fingers over the keys, Kaede quickly flipped through the list of classes and schedules. Well, quickly in her mind. Inuyasha knew it was slow as hell…and he never was a patient one.

The door opened without so much as a knock and a familiar stench whiffed into Inuyasha's nose.

“Who unsealed him?” Sesshoumaru demanded with a cold glare.

“I haven't asked yet, sir,” Kaede replied. “I was just setting up his course schedule for the semester.”

“Put him in my weapons training class,” the demon said with a twisted smile.

“No way in hell!” Inuyasha shouted. “I had my gym requirements done last y-….decades ago!”

“You'll take whatever classes I feel like letting you take,” Sesshoumaru replied. “Now who set you free?”

“Why do you want to know? You going to kill them? Expel them? Or just sign them up for crappy classes too?”

“Killing them had crossed my mind,” the demon said calmly. “After killing you.”

“You wish.”

“Your new class schedule. Good thing I never deleted your transcripts.”

“So why did you need me?” Sesshoumaru interjected.

“HUMAN STUDIES!!! WHAT THE FUCK??? WHO GIVES A SHIT?”

They ignored the hanyou's outburst.

“He needs a room,” Kaede said calmly.

“And?”

“You are the only one without a roommate.”

Red flashed in his eyes for a brief moment, but he didn't let his temper take hold of him. Unlike his little brother. Inuyasha was about to rip the paper in half.

“POTTERY? WITH MY CLAWS??? ARE YOU MAD?”

“I refuse to room with….that.”

“Okay, so next question is, who on this campus will you room with? We can just swap roommates.”

“You know very well I will not tolerate another in my living space.”

“WHAT THE HELL IS `NOBUNAGA'S CHILDHOOD; FOOL OR GENIUS'? IS THIS SHIT HISTORY OR SOMETHING?”

“What about Rin?” Kaede offered. “You've let her into your…'living space'.”

The demon thought for a moment, regarding the Dean of Students with an unamused glare. He had the only single on campus. He was currently the only one without a roommate. On the one had he was proud the small, but elite campus was so full there was no room. But on the other hand, it was a pain in the ass to him to have to accept one more student. And annoying half-breed brother at that.

“WHAT THE HELL IS COSMOTOLOGY?”

“Alright…Rin is acceptable,” Sesshoumaru said, his voice cold. “Will her current roommate be able to handle him?”

“She's a miko…the one that fried Hiten and Manten.”

“Ah yes, Those idiots. No loss there. Pity they lived. Their tuition isn't refundable.”

“So we can move Rin to your room and have Inuyasha placed with Kagome,” Kaede confirmed, jotting down some notes.

“It will be done within the hour.”

“THE ART OF BASKET WEAVING; AN ANTHOLOGICAL LOOK AT CULTURAL WEAVING AS A SOCIAL SKILL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?”

Sesshoumaru looked down at Kaede and raised an eyebrow, a light quirk of the side of his mouth showing his amusement.

“I see you enjoyed the joke as well,” she said. “Question is, do I tell him now or wait until he figures it out?”

The demon left the room without answering.

“KAEDE, THAT'S IT!” Inuyasha yelled. “NO WAY IN HELL I'M TAKING A CLASS CALLED `HUMAN MENSTRAL CYCLES VS YOUKAI HEAT'.”

“Oh, all right. Here's your real class schedule,” Kaede said with a sigh. “And here's your room information. Sesshoumaru is moving Rin out as we speak, then you can move your stuff in.

Inuyasha ripped the paper from her hands with a growl, slamming the door behind him. She smiled to herself, counting backwards…slowly.

“KAEDE!!!!!!” the yell came.

“And now he's just noticed I have him signed up for the Indian cooking classes,” she said to herself with a laugh.

 

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“Now, open to page 58 and look at the diagram. These are the 50 different breeds of bovine type youkai. Who can name at least one difference?” Professor Kanna asked, looking up across the class with her dull, lifeless eyes. Only the human students had their books open. Not that she cared if the youkais did or not. They already knew this information. So who would be her victim today?

“Kagome,” she decided, narrowing in on the young miko freshman. Startled brown eyes looked up and met hers, fear already evident. Kanna loved humans like her. They were scared half to death of failing….which only made them fail even more.

“Um, the Hokkaido bull youkai and Hokkaido heifer youkai are actually the same species, but the females and males vary widely in characteristics.”

“Well I see you can read the example,” Kanna replied sharply. “How about an example you actually have to think about?”

Kagome felt her throat tighten. She didn't have a clue about bovine youkai. The assigned reading was for pages 20-35, not including page 58.

“I'm sorry,” she replied after a tense minute with the professor looking at her without emotion….or mercy. “I don't know yet.”

“Don't slack off, Higurashi,” Kanna snapped. “Just because you are human doesn't mean I will tolerate laziness for an answer. Since you seem incapable of answering a simple question, why don't you hand in an outline of this chapter by 10pm tonight?”

Kagome only nodded, shrinking into her seat as the professor finally turned away from her.

“Ginta, same question,” Kanna said.

“Smell.”

“Very good. Different youkai emit different smells. Not that something as weak as a human nose can tell.”

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“What kind of a class is Youkai Studies, anyway?” Kagome asked, her face buried in the large book before her. Sango was sitting across from her, flipping through a weapons magazine.

“Well we are going to a youkai university. The information is kind of useful…although I'm not sure it's as useful for mikos. Doesn't really matter what kind of demon it is. They all purify pretty much the same. Must be one of those politically correct BS classes they have to deal with. Don't hate it now…you'll have to take it all four years.”

“Kill me now. You don't know the difference between a mountain goat youkai and a pigmy goat youkai do you?”

“Let's see, they have different diets, different mating rituals, different sizes, colors….oh, and the mountain ones have a nasty temper.” Kagome frantically began taking notes.

“What about werewolf vs. wolf youkai?”

“Werewolves aren't youkai, it's a contradiction in terms. However, many wolf youkai have been accused of being werewolves…and some do actually keep a few werewolves as pets.”

“How do you know all of this?”

“I'm a demon exterminator, remember? I have to know big differences. It may be the difference between life and death. Literally.”

“You are my savior.”

“Don't thank me yet. I can handle that report and fill out this worksheet, but once it gets down to the picky stuff, I haven't a clue. And there isn't a book in this library that'll help you.”

“How the hell are we supposed to get the information then?” Kagome asked, her face in shock.

“We aren't….unless some demon feels like being generous and telling us. They all know the answers. Filling in one of these worksheets is like us doing 1st grader math worksheets.”

“That's not fair!”

“Welcome to college,” Sango replied without emotion. “You get used to it…bitching and complaining helps. So does chocolate ice cream.”

“It's late. I should get back to my room.”

“Ditto. Hold on, I got some extra protection tonight.” Standing, she motioned for Kagome to follow as they tiptoed through the library. “Warning, don't accept a date from him. He's a good fuck, but brainless as they come and doesn't hear the word `no'.”

Before she could ask, Sango was politely tapping on the shoulder of a wolf youkai.

“Sango, babe,” he said before turning. “I thought I smelled that wonderful scent. And who is the beauty with you?”

Confused, Kagome looked behind her…only to see no one. Realizing he was complimenting her, she blushed profusely.

“Kagome, meet Kouga, Prince of Wolves. Kouga, this is Kagome, a miko.”

Unlike many demons, the thought of her being a miko didn't deter him one bit. In fact, if anything, he seemed more interested.

“So you're a virgin,” he stated rather than asked. Taking a step forward, he was suddenly very much invading her personal space, but Sango had mentioned extra protection. She didn't want to offend him if he was the protection. “I love virgins. Perfect first mates.”

Kagome wasn't sure what that meant…but she wasn't sure she wanted to find out anytime soon.

“Could you give us an escort back to our dorm?” Sango asked sweetly.

“Escort two beautiful women? I ALWAYS have time for THAT!” he exclaimed. “Please, take my arm,” he offered, looping his through Kagome's before she had a chance to respond. He wasn't one to wait for answers was he?

“Thanks!” the brunette said cheerfully, but Kagome was inwardly cringing.

“Hakkaku, Ginta, finish my homework, will you?” Kouga said offhandedly to the two wolves at the table. They merely nodded and went back to writing things down. “Now, Kagome, tell me ALL about yourself, you divine creature. Where are you from? Do you have a boyfriend? No? Well now you do cause I'll make you my woman!”

Kagome gave Sango a look of panic. Sango just rolled her eyes. Obviously Kouga was always like this…and you were to just ignore it.

“So, has anyone told you about me yet?” Kouga rambled on, looping his arm around Kagome's waist now. “Besides the devishly handsome, intelligent, charming parts of course? What classes are you taking? I'm in…”

Kagome pretty much stopped paying attention after the first minute. He obviously wasn't actually going to wait for an answer to any of his questions. She'd never been so glad to see her dorm in her entire life.

“Thanks Kouga, night Sango!” she piped up, ducking out from under his arm and sprinting to the door. She'd never swiped a card so fast, pulled a door so hard or sprinted up the stairs to her room before. Breath ragged, she opened the door to her double room, expecting Rin to be absent. The girl was always in the lab…unless she was typing a lab report or sleeping.

Seeing a large shape in the bed across the dark room, Kagome assumed the girl was asleep. Setting down her stuff carefully, she made her way over to her twin bed with the unbearable springs and collapsed on it.

`I don't think I can get up to find my pjs,' she thought. In the darkness she merely pulled off her shirt and pants, crawling under the fluffy comforter with a sigh.

`Ah…sleep. My favorite subject!'

 

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There was heavy metal blasting from the speakers. It wasn't to the level of shaking the room or anything, but it was certainly loud enough to bother Kagome who wanted nothing more than a few more hours of sleep. This was her day with only afternoon classes and she intended to utilize those extra hours.

“Rin, can you turn that down?” she shouted from under her comforter.

“Rin ain't here bitch!” came the male reply.

Male. Demon. Room. SHIT!

Sitting bolt right up in bed, Kagome's eyes were wide in fear. How the hell had a demon gotten into her room? It was supposed to have protective wards on it.

Brown eyes met golden ones as they glared at her from across the room. It was the boy from yesterday. The one she'd freed from the tree. What was his name again?

“Figures of all the hundreds of students, I get stuck with the dumb human bitch who couldn't even defend herself against the lowest bullies.”

“What are you doing in my room?” she asked, anger building.

“Our room, bitch. Rin moved in with Sesshoumaru.”

If Kagome had been the smallest bit sleepy still, she was now REALLY awake.

“WHAT?” The hanyou pinned his ears down in defense of her screech.

“Hey, I'm just as ECSTATIC about this as you are!” he snapped back. “Just stay out of my way bitch. I don't need your whiny female shit and I sure as hell don't need you flashing me.”

Kagome looked down at her bra clad chest and turned a bright shade of red.

“How the hell was I supposed to know you would be here?” she seethed.

“Didn't notice the redecoration?” he asked sarcastically.

“It was dark, I was tired. There wasn't anything on the way to my bed, so no, I didn't notice.”

“You humans and your weak eyesight.”

“Turn around, I'm going to grab clothes. God forbid I blind you with naked flesh.”

“Keh!” he scoffed, more than happy to oblige. She quickly opened the closet, pulling out the first set of clothes she could find.

“By the way,” he said. “Tell your boyfriend to not deliver shit to our door. He reeks and I don't want this room smelling like his shit.”

“Boyfriend?” she asked, confused. “What boyfriend?”

“Wolf-shit.”

Kagome groaned. This was not her day…and she'd only been up five minutes.

 

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They'd only been roommates a week, but the same arguments played day after day.

“Like hell you are playing that shit in my room,” Inuyasha snarled at the music coming from her speakers.

“Our room,” she politely corrected. “And if you can play yours, I can play mine.”

“The hell you can!”

That pissed her off. Sparks flew from her eyes as she whirled upon the hanyou.

“Try and stop me!” she hissed, cranking the volume up on the speakers until he visibly winced and flattened his ears. She let him suffer for a few seconds, then turned it back down. “Be glad I don't keep it at that level.”

“Stupid bitch,” he mumbled and returned to his side of the room, flopping down in front of his computer. She briefly looked at his side in disgust.

First, he was messy. Very messy. His stuff had been well dusted, but it lay all over the floor…and he didn't seem inclined to put things away. A circle of the most useful stuff was around his chair, piled high around him. When he actually had to move, he conveniently just jumped over it. A pile of textbooks were buried next to the desk, all still in their original wrapping.

On the positive side, while he could care less about her, he never threatened her physically. Verbal she could handle….and had been everyday. Although his damn double standards were a pain. As far as she could tell, he went to class, ate food and came back to the dorm….but never touched a book or bothered with anything other than whatever amusement he had this time.

“Do you ever study?” she asked.

“Nope. Don't have to.”

“I refuse to believe you are a genius.” He actually chuckled at that one.

“If you have the right family, you don't have to actually get good marks. Once you have the degree, that's all that matters.”

“Lucky bastard,” he heard her mutter.

“By the way, my hearing is about twenty times yours. I can hear you stretch a finger, let alone mutter insults about my parentage.”

“Sorry,” she uttered. Strangely enough, she sounded mildly apologetic. His ears swiveled as he heard the rustling of paper.

“You are dog demon right?”

“Half,” he replied, somewhat bitterly.

“How many dog demons are there in the world?”

“Right now? Five full demons, one half.”

“And what is the strongest of your five senses?”

“Smell.”

“And-”

“What's with all the goddamned questions?” he snarled, turning his chair to face her over his pile of stuff.

“Sorry. Youkai studies. They don't have this sort of information sitting around for us humans,” she replied bitterly.

“Youkai studies? They make you humans take that? I guess they want to guarantee you fail at least one class every year.”

“F-f-f-fail?” she stuttered, the blood draining from her face.

“Yeah, you know, a big ass red F?” he said, and immediately regretted it. The damn human woman burst into tears. He HATED the smell of tears.

“I c-c-can't f-f-fail!” she wailed.

“You aren't going to fail!” he retorted, hopping over the pile and kneeling down at her desk. “Gimme that!”

Kagome looked up through tear stricken eyes as he scanned the papers.

“Feh, this is baby shit,” he scoffed, a cocky smile crossing his face. “I could recite this shit in my sleep. Look, I'll make you a deal. You don't play that trashy music of yours and I'll give you the answers to the worksheet.”

“But isn't that cheating?”

“It's only cheating if I write the work. You asking me the answers is just like looking up information in a book.”

“Thank you,” she sniffled softly.

“Keh! Just stop crying already. It stinks!”

 

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“Inuyasha is giving you the answers?” Sango asked.

“In return for not playing my `trashy music', yes. I offered to help him with his classes…except he doesn't want to learn anything from them. I'm surprised he even goes to class!”

“If you are demon you pretty much pass as long as you attend the tests and lectures, although it's rare for the professors to go easy on a hanyou.”

“He said something about having the right family…”

“That would do it. I'll have to ask Miroku. He knows all the rumors of the rumor mill. Speaking of rumors, I've heard a few about you.”

“Me? What have I done now?”

“Well….a certain wolf demon has deemed you to be `his woman'. Sorry about that. I didn't think he'd latch onto you so quickly before sex. Then there's your RA.”

“My RA? That shy boy, Hojo? I met him like once!”

“Yes, but apparently you are all he talks about. Not only has he already memorized your schedule, he is starting to plan dorm activities and such according to what he thinks are your likes and dislikes. Sounds like love to me!”

“I haven't been here a month! What the devil is going on?”

“It's called college drama. Inevitably, the stress level will be directly proportional to the proximity of exam time.”

“That is not comforting news,” Kagome replied dryly. Glancing at her watch, she grimaced. “I have to get to the archery range before the sun sets. Want to come along?”

“Sorry, I have a night class tonight. Find one of the guys if you can, or don't go. Hiten and Manten are still pissed from what I hear.”

Kagome gave a nod and looked around the area. Spying a group of the human males, she said her goodbyes to Sango and hurried on her way.

 

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“What kind of dinning hall doesn't serve ramen?” Inuyasha grumbled. His stomach grumbled back. Damn dinning hall. He could buy just about everything, except what he wanted. Pinned to a tree for decades and he couldn't even get one damned bowl of ramen. It was a cruel world.

The night air filled his senses. Insects chirped noisily, the wind gently shifted and the scent of nature filled the air. It was peaceful, tranquil and exactly how he loved it. No classes or professors….or annoying roommates.

Although he did have to admit her sitting in her bed in just her bra was quite an amusement. Good thing she wasn't ugly.

The smell of night. It was beautiful. He inhaled deeply, relishing in it. At night the other smells dissipated from the area. He could smell where a fox demon had wrestled a cat, and where a bull demon had been turned on by a female…only to be rejected. But all of that was feint now, a mere trickle of what it had been.

At least his new roommate didn't reek. If she had, he would have stripped her himself and thrown her in the shower. No, she had a gentle scent. It was soothing, sweet and subtle. Perfect for a sense heightened hanyou. He remembered the dirty toad he had to room with his first year….

`I thought my nose would never smell again!' he chuckled to himself. Shutting his eyes once again, he inhaled deeply.

Bugs, grass, incoming rain, demon trails, forgotten backpack, a half eaten sandwich, Kagome's fear………

“WHAT THE FUCK?” Inuyasha cursed, his eyes flying open as his nose worked furiously.

The smell was coming from the archery area. Kagome, another human male scent and the unmistakable stench of the thunder brothers. On the one hand he could just ignore it and leave. If he was lucky the wench would die and he'd have a single.

The scent of tears hit his nose first. Soon followed by the scent of blood.